Size scaling for dry snow slab release

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  McClung, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Fracture toughness; Self organized criticality; Snow slab

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CRITICAL STATE; NATURAL ANALOG; SELF ORGANIZATION; SNOW;

EID: 1442266642     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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